. What is the most prevalent anomeric form of glucose present in physiological systems?
Enzyme kinetics
In biochemistry, enzymes are proteins that act as biological catalysts. Catalysis is the addition of a catalyst to a chemical reaction to speed up the pace of the reaction. Catalysis can be categorized as either homogeneous or heterogeneous, depending on whether the catalysts are distributed in the same phase as that of the reactants. Enzymes are an essential part of the cell because, without them, many organic processes would slow down and thus will affect the processes that are important for cell survival and sustenance.
Regulation of Enzymes
A substance that acts as a catalyst to regulate the reaction rate in the living organism's metabolic pathways without itself getting altered is an enzyme. Most of the biological reactions and metabolic pathways in the living systems are carried out by enzymes. They are specific for their works and work in particular conditions. It maintains the best possible rate of reaction in the most stable state. The enzymes have distinct properties as they can proceed with the reaction in any direction, their particular binding sites, pH specificity, temperature specificity required in very few amounts.
1. What is the most prevalent anomeric form of glucose present in physiological systems?
2. Predict the effects of mutating Asp102 of the enzyme, trypsin, to Asn on
- substrate binding: Little or no effect...because why?
- catalysis: Catalysis would be much slower because the mutation disrupts to function of the catalytic triad. Asn is not charged.
Are these the correct answers? Please help explain
Metabolomic studies assured that α-,β-D-glucose anomers are both usually found in biological samples.
Saccharide-incorporated glucose or free glucose is found in the more stable cyclic form of glucose.
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